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Germany divided : from the wall to reunification /

Germany Divided is the first comprehensive scholarly interpretation of the forty-year relationship between East and West Germany and of the problems of contemporary German unity. When the Berlin Wall was opened on November 9, 1989, there was widespread surprise at the rush to unification: Germany wa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McAdams, A. James
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1993.
Colección:Princeton studies in international history and politics.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover page
  • Half-title page
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Dedication page
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • I. A Wall between the Germanys
  • Accepting Germany's Division
  • A German-German Consensus
  • II. One Germany, Two Alliances
  • The Soviet Ultimatum
  • East German Uncertainties
  • The Persistence of West German Policy
  • The Evolution of East German Policy
  • Divergent Priorities
  • The Construction of the Wall
  • III. Two Germanys: Confrontation or Accommodation?
  • Changing Surroundings
  • West Germany's Awkward Adaptation
  • The Rigidity of East German Policy
  • Bonn's Breakthrough: The Ostpolitik
  • The End of the Ulbricht Era
  • Two States in Germany?
  • IV. Two German States: New Relations, Bad Relations
  • The Inter-German Dilemma
  • The Benefits of Cooperation
  • Handling Questions of Principle
  • Whither Inter-German Ties: The View from Bonn
  • Whither Inter-German Ties: Retrenchment in the GDR
  • Toward a German-German Deadlock?
  • Inter-German Ties in Question
  • V. Accepting a Divided Germany
  • A Threat from the West
  • An East German Opportunity?
  • The Meeting at Werbellin
  • The ""Wende
  • A German ""Coalition of Reason
  • A New Era between the Germanys
  • A Working Visit to Bonn
  • VI. The Fall of East Germany
  • The Illusion of Success
  • A Path of Least Resistance
  • A New Political Force
  • The West German Response
  • Unity Despite the Germanys
  • VII. Germany without a Wall
  • Inter-German Tensions of a New Type
  • A Liberal Democratic Germany
  • The New Germany and the New Europe
  • Epilogue, 1994
  • Appendixes
  • A. Interview Locations, 1985-1990
  • B. GDR Oral History Project Interviews
  • Select Bibliography
  • Index